I could go on, listing all the
celebs until the end of the alphabet. Instead, I’ll show you
their happy faces as they dined and danced into the wee
hours. I was there to capture the glorious moments night
after night.

Elton John and Ann-Margret danced
together at the premiere party for Tommy on March 18,
1975. The party for the movie was held in the subway station
at 57th Street and Avenue of the Americas. Among
the revelers were Edgar and Johnny Winter, Tina Turner, and
Frankie Valli. Party in the subway? Yes, those were the
days!

Allen Ginsburg congratulates poet
Ed Sanders on the release of his book, Tales of Beatnik
Glory (Stonehill Publishing). Sanders, The Fugs lead
singer/poet, autographes a copy for the Beat poet on October
23, 1975, at The Locale, a restaurant in Greenwich Village.

Tony Perkins took over the
starring role in Equus on June 30, 1975, making his
first New York stage appearance in a decade. He came with
his wife, photographer Berry Berenson, to the afterparty
at producer Kermit Bloomgarden’s Central Park West
apartment.

Dudley Moore and Peter Cook
celebrate their opening in Good Evening on November
14, 1973. At the party at Ma Bell’s restaurant, Moore is
accompanied by Alyce Hasting; Cook is with his fiancée Judy
Huxtable. She’s cool with hot pants "to please Peter. He
finds them sexy on me."

Liza Minnelli checked in on Sammy
Davis following his opening at the Uris Theater on April 23,
1974. He had a 104-degree temperature that day but refused
to cancel the show. Columnist Earl Wilson noted that, as he
had 150 guests expected at his party at Danny’s Hideaway,
"he was persuaded to carry on all the way to Chase Manhattan
come what may."

Isabella Rossellini with ice cream
and mom Ingrid Bergman with booze enjoyed producer Edgar
Lansbury’s party at the gala premiere of his film
Godspell on March 20, 1973, at Philharmonic Hall in
Lincoln Center.

Ray Bolger, who created the title
role of Charley’s Aunt in 1948, popped onstage at the Circle
in the Square Theater to hail Raul Julia in another
production of the musical on February 9, 1975. The revival
was renamed Where’s Charley? Bolger’s wife produced
the original Frank Loesser-George Abbott musical in which
Bolger sang, danced and romped 1,000 times on Broadway.
Bolger joined Julia and cast onstage and led the audience in
singing the show’s hit song, Once in Love with Amy.

Carol Channing and George Burns
entertained close friends at dinner at Regine’s nightspot on
August 16, 1976, the night before opening at the Westbury
Music Fair. Following a gourmet feast, the two stars slipped
into the disco room and danced to the wild beat like
youngsters. Then Burns took a seat and relaxed by puffing on
a large cigar.

Ann Miller and Ethel Merman
celebrate at a party for the Broadway hit I Love My Wife.
The day investors got their money back, producers Terry
Allen Kramer and Harry Rigby threw a party on December 5,
1977, at the Markey Diner to fete the stars, Lenny Baker,
James Naughton, Ilene Graff and Joanna Gleason.

Alfred Hitchcock arrives as the
guest of honor of a gala homage by the Film Society of
Lincoln Center on April 29, 1974. He is accompanied by
Francois Truffaut and Princess Grace. Truffaut, one of the
outstanding filmmakers and critics of the French New Wave,
said of Hitchcock’s technique: "It was impossible not to see
that the love scenes were filmed like murder scenes and the
murder scenes like love scenes. It occurred to me that in
Hitchcock’s cinema, to make love and to die are one and the
same." Sad to say, Hitchcock never received an Academy Award
for best director.